Issue No 19: 13 July 2022

2022 ACOMMS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

Communications Alliance is proud to announce the 2022 finalists in the communications industry’s premier awards for excellence, the ACOMMS, which recognise exemplary achievement across 13 categories of endeavour.

Winners will be announced at a gala dinner event on Thursday 25 August culminating in the announcement of the 2022 Communications Ambassador.

Symbio is the 2022 Title Sponsor of the ACOMMS, with Meta Silver Sponsor, Bird & Bird, Ericsson, and Mirait Bronze Sponsors.

The 2022 ACOMM Awards finalists are:

Communications Ambassador
Announced on the night

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Announced on the night

Australian Space Industry Awards   

• Microsoft/SES/Nokia - ERP Anywhere – Space + 5G + Cloud
    
• Orion Satellite System - Horizon
    
• Vocus - Vocus’ support for the LEO satellite industry

Best Digital Platform

• nbn - NBN Platform Interface Service (NPIS)
    
• NNNCo - NNNCo N2N-DL platform
    
• Nokia - Nokia 5G Digital Automation Cloud
    
• TPG Telecom - Frontier - TPG’s Enterprise & Wholesale Digital Experience Portal

Best Mobile Solution

• felix mobile - felix mobile’s SIM-only phone plan
    
• Optus - Call Translate
    
• Telstra/Cradlepoint/Ericsson - Telstra Enhanced Enterprise Wireless
    
• TPG Telecom and Nokia -TPG-Telecom: The #1 Global 5G Standalone Network

Commitment to Customer Service   

• Aussie Broadband - The Unconventional Telco
    
• felix mobile - felix mobile’s innovative approach to digital customer care
    
• Optus - Community of Experts
    
• Optus Enterprise - Service Brilliance Program

Contribution to Society

• Aussie Broadband - Community Impact Program
    
• Goodtel - Use your telco as a force for good
    
• felix mobile - felix mobile’s contribution to sustainability
    
• NSW Telco Authority - Contributing to safer communities: Public Safety Network expansion

Cyber Security & Online Safety Innovation

• Fastmail - Masked Email Partnership
    
• Optus - Optus Digital Thumbprint Program
    
• Telstra - Cleaner Pipes Scam Call Blocking: NUMBAT capability

Diversity and Inclusion

• Cisco - Cisco Networking Academy’s Women Rock-IT program
    
• Cisco - MentorMe
    
• TPG Telecom - Trans and Gender Diverse inclusion
    
• Ventia - Australian Spatial Analytics & Ventia Employment Partnership

Innovation (Large)

• Aussie Broadband - Fault Detector Project
    
• nbn - Fibre Connect
    
• Optus - Call Translate
    
• Vocus - Terabit Territory

Innovation (SME)

• felix mobile - felix mobile’s digital eSIM telco offering
    
• FiberSense - FiberSense DigitalAsset™
    
• Rising Connection - Solution Architect-Engineered scalable mobile coverage solutions
    
• Uniti Internet - Connected Home

Services to Industry - Professional Services
Announced on the night

Vendor Innovation

• Ericsson - Ericsson's 5G radio and cloud innovations in Australia
    
• Nokia - Nokia’s Innovation and Thought Leadership for the 5G Era
    
• Tata Consultancy Services - TCS Business 4.0TM

Strengthened Draft Anti-Scam Industry Code

A revised and strengthened C661:2022 Reducing Scam Calls and Scam SMs Industry Code has been registered by the ACMA on 12th July 2022.

The Industry Code which was originally developed in 2020 and revised by a Communications Alliance working committee in 2021/2022 includes improved Scam Call tracing and reporting measures, along with a new section dealing with the identification, tracing, and blocking of numbers associated with SMS Scams.
The Code continues to provide a framework for co-operation and information-sharing among telecommunications service providers, that assists in the identification of scammers, so that blocking and enforcement action can more easily be taken.

Carriers and Carriage Service Providers are reminded to register their details with Communications Alliance as part of the Code obligations and to assist in industry co-operation to fight scammers and the impacts that fraudulent calls and SMS have on innocent consumers.

Current Consultations

Below is a list of currently open telecommunications-relatedconsultations being conducted by Government and other organisations thatprovide an opportunity for you to have your say.

Communications Alliance members interested in contributing to anindustry submission (if one is being developed in response to a specificconsultation) should contactus.